MAMA FROM THE TRAIN
(Written by Irving Gordon)
Patti Page - 1956


Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss
Wave mama from the train a goodbye
Throw mama from the train a kiss a kiss
And don't cry, my baby, don't cry

How I miss that sweet lady with her old-country touch
Miss her quaint broken English called *Pennsylvania Dutch*
I can still see her there at the station that day
Calling out to her baby as the train pulled away

Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss
Dry mama all your tears, won't you try?
Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss
And eat mama up all her pie

Can't believe that she's gone now, it's a lonely old town
Yet I know that her heavenly love keeps looking down
'cause whenever I happen to be passing through
I could swear she was there with the warmth I once knew

And I
Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss
Wave mama from the train a goodbye
Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss
And she throws one back from up high


*Pennsylvania "Dutch" is truly of German origin from "Deutschland" being thought of as "Dutchland." 
It varies from standard English in that the word order is markedly different. Other "Pennsylvania 
Dutch" expressions include "Look the window out and see who the gate comes in" and "Vee are too soon 
oldt und too late schmart." 



(Contributed by Bette Carl - May 2002)